Tiripeme Turupten
Purépecha · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Western brother of the Tiripemencha, installed by the Relación as patron god of Irámuco (Ylamucuo). Child of Cuerauáperi (parentId) and brother — not son — of Curicaueri; the colour/direction scheme (west = white, setting sun) is attributed to the secondary literature.
Parentage
- mother: Cuerauáperi
Domains
- cardinal directions
- setting sun
Powers
- Guards the western direction and the setting sun
Relations
- sibling: CuricaueriBrother-god of Curicaueri; one of the Tiripemencha (Curicaueri is their brother, not their father).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: TiripemeFellow Tiripeme; brother of the directions.Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme QuarenchaFellow Tiripeme (eastern brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme XungápetiFellow Tiripeme (northern brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme CaheriFellow Tiripeme (southern brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary); Helen Perlstein Pollard, Tariácuri's Legacy: The Prehispanic Tarascan State (1993) (secondary)